SpaceX’s satellite Internet service, Starlink, has been an important part of Ukraine’s defense against Russia, which has “destroyed” President Vladimir Putin’s information campaign, a US official and Ukrainian military members said.
US Brigadier General Steven Buto said SpaceX’s Starlink services are vital to Ukraine’s military, from relaying coordinates for artillery strikes against Russia to broadcast Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks around the world.
He also served as the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit’s Space Portfolio in association with SpaceX.
According to the general, “the strategic effect is completely destroyed”. [Vladimir] Putin’s information campaign. He has never been able to silence Zelensky until today.”
The Ukrainian military tests Starlink’s capabilities on a daily basis. According to Politico, satellite dishes are used to counter Russian propaganda, plan missions, keep soldiers in touch with their families, and provide a source of entertainment during downtime.
A few days ago, Zelensky praised Elon Musk’s Starlink for helping Ukraine combat Russian propaganda. During an interview with Wired, he said the satellite network has been “very effective”.
He added: “It helped us a lot, in many moments related to the blockade of our cities, towns and occupied territories.”
“Sometimes we completely lose touch with those places. To lose touch with those people is to lose control completely, to lose reality. Believe me: those who came out of occupied cities, where there was no such aid as Starlink, said that the Russians told them that Ukraine no longer exists, and some people began to believe it. I’m really grateful for Starlink’s support,” Zelensky said.
Musk sent Starlink dishes to Ukraine two days after Russia invaded Ukraine. The shipment came after Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailo Fedorov requested the billionaire for Starlink terminals.
The company reported last week that it has delivered 15,000 Starlink kits to Ukraine in the past three months.
In April, it was reported that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) had paid SpaceX $2 million to deliver 1,333 terminals to Ukraine. Additionally, it was also stated that SpaceX delivered 3,667 terminals to Ukraine in exchange for approximately $10 million in materials, and that USAID may have partially subsidized this donation.
However, in May, Musk revealed that the Starlink satellite broadband service opposed Russian cyberwar jamming and hacking attempts, sharing a warning saying that “they (Russia) are ramping up their efforts”.
At the time he shared a report by Reuters that the United States, Britain, Canada, Estonia and the European Union said that Russia was behind a massive cyberattack against a satellite Internet network that took thousands of modems offline during the war. Knocked. ,
It was also said that the digital attack on Viasat’s Ka-Sat network occurred in late February, as Russian armor advanced into Ukraine.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the cyber attack was intended to “disrupt Ukrainian command and control during the offensive, and those actions had implications in other European countries”.
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